Dodgers Draw More Interest

By

Matthew Futterman

Updated Jan. 6, 2012 8:26 p.m. ET

Stanley Gold, a longtime top executive of Shamrock Holdings Inc. and former director of the Walt Disney Co., has signed a nondisclosure agreement that clears the way for him to bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers, according to two people with knowledge of the process.

Mr. Gold has long been a major figure in the Los Angeles business world. He ran Shamrock, the investment arm for the fortune of Roy Disney, for more than two decades. He is...